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THE RAVEN

(EDGAR ALLAN POE)
A MELODRAMA

MUSIC BY

ARTHUR BERGH

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OLIVER DITSON COMPANY

BOSTON
CHAS. H. DITSON & CO. LYON & HEAX.Y

Nbw York Chicago

The first public performance of this
work was by Mr. Bispham.with the com-
poser at the piano, at the Hall of Fame,
New York University, January 19th, 1909.

The first performance with orches-
tra was by Mr. Bispham at a concert of
the New York Center of the American
Music Society, at Carnegie Hall, April
18th, 1909, the composer conducting.

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curious volume of forgotten lore — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tappin"

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rapping at my chamber door.

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Ah, distinctly I remember,

it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember

wrought its ghost upon the floor; Eagerly I wished the morrow: vainly I had sought to borrow

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for the lost Le -I nore-

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"Sir'saidl/'or Madam, truly your for - giveness I implore, But the fact is I was

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napping, and so gently you came rapping. And sq faintly you came tapping — tappi

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Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing.

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Not the least obeisance made he. Not an instant stopd or stayed he, But with mien of

Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door —
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